The addiction many of the Habs fans have to 1st round picks is starting to concern the rest of us. So Habs just hit reset on the rebuild again. Push it back a few more years?
You also overvalue Guhle. Not worth a top 10 pick + another first. He’s not even coming off a good season. He stagnated this season.
it concerns some of us Habs fans as well. We should be exiting our rebuild, not plunge into another one.
On the surface, his numbers aren’t that great but the poor guy had the responsibility to shut down the top players on the other team night in/night out, which is not exactly ideal for a 21 years old who’s in his second NHL season.
He’s progressed and played as well as you can ask a 21 years old to shut down elite players. I can’t wait to see what he’s going to look like at 25. He’s going to be a very, very good two-way D in this league. Probably somewhere between a Brodin and a Slavin.
EDIT: Now that I think if it, somewhere in between of Slavin and Toews comparison is more likely as I think he has more offense in him than Brodin has/had